%%
%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
%%
%% Example 4-3-36 on page I-361 in "multicolrule --- Custom rules for multicolumned pages".
%%
%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
%%
%% It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%% of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c
%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
%%
%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
%%

\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{255.0pt}

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[tikz]{multicolrule}
\usepackage{pgfornament}
\SetMCRule{color=blue,width=1pt,
  custom-line={\path (TOP) to
    [ornament=83] (BOT);},
  extend-top=-12pt,
  extend-bot=-6pt}
\setlength{\columnsep}{24pt}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}

%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
  \kant[1][1-3]  \kant[1][4]
  \kant[1][5]
\end{multicols}
\end{document}
